Qualitative research has frequently had a bad press and tends to be regarded as non-rigorous, subjectively biassed and in general 'unscientific'. This paper is restatement of the merits of this type of research allied to a repudiation of the arguments of its various critics. Thus,it takes issue...

This brief article is by way of an extended comment on that piece which happened to contain factual claims central to the empirical research programme of one of us, and ethical and political issues of concern to us both. As readers will see, our view is that in his essay on cheap labour, (as...

This paper analyses the case of an Australia-based surfwear firm - the Rip Curl company - in the context of its globalised network of production and marketing. It uses the conceptual framework of a 'buyer-driven'commodity chain which emphases the importance of documenting the extent of...